How to highlight all cells referenced by a formula in Excel?
This article is talking about highlighting all cells which was referenced by a formula in Excel. Please follow the below two methods to get it done.
Highlight all cells referenced by a formula with Shortcut key
Highlight all cells referenced by a formula with VBA code
Highlight all cells referenced by a formula with Shortcut key

This section will recommend you to use Shortcut key to select all cells which was referenced by a formula, and then manually fill color to them.
1. Supposing E1 is a formula cell, and you need to highlight all cells which was referenced by it. Please select the formula cell E1, then press Ctrl + [ (the open-square-bracket) keys simultaneously.
2. Now cells that referenced by this formula are selected, please specify a fill color to highlight them. See screenshot:
Highlight all cells referenced by a formula with VBA code
You can also running VBA code to highlight all cells which was referenced by a formula in Excel.
1. Press Alt + F11 keys to open the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.
2. In the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window, please click Insert > Module. Then copy and paste the below VBA code into the Module window.
VBA code: Highlight all cells referenced by a formula in Excel
Sub HighlightCellsReferenced() Dim rowCnt As Integer Dim i As Integer, j As Integer, strleng As Integer Dim strTxt As String, strFml As String Dim columnStr, cellsAddress As String Dim xRg As Range, yRg As Range On Error Resume Next Set xRg = Application.InputBox(Prompt:="Please select formula cell(s)...", _ Title:="Kutools For Excel", Type:=8) strTxt = "" Application.ScreenUpdating = False For Each yRg In xRg If yRg.Value <> "" Then strFml = yRg.Formula + " " strFml = Replace(strFml, "(", " ") strFml = Replace(strFml, ")", " ") strFml = Replace(strFml, "-", " ") strFml = Replace(strFml, "+", " ") strFml = Replace(strFml, "*", " ") strFml = Replace(strFml, "/", " ") strFml = Replace(strFml, "=", " ") strFml = Replace(strFml, ",", " ") strFml = Replace(strFml, ":", " ") For j = 1 To Len(strFml) If Mid(strFml, j, 1) <> " " Then cellsAddress = cellsAddress + Mid(strFml, j, 1) Else On Error Resume Next Range(cellsAddress).Interior.ColorIndex = 3 cellsAddress = "" End If Next End If Next yRg Application.ScreenUpdating = True End Sub
3. Press the F5 key to run the code. In the popping up Kutools for Excel dialog box, please select a formula cell or multiple formula cells which you need to highlight referenced cells based on, and then click the OK button. See screenshot:
Now all referenced cells based on the selected formula cell(s) are highlighted in red immediately as below screenshot shown.
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